Exam Bulletin - Air Resources Technician II

State Air Resources Board

Exam Code: EX-1513

Examination Plans Included:

  • AIR RESOURCES TECHNICIAN II - Open

Final Filing Date: Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.

Classification Details

AIR RESOURCES TECHNICIAN II: $3,804.00 - $4,764.00 per Month

View the AIR RESOURCES TECHNICIAN II classification specification.

Application Instructions

This is not a timed examination. If you request a Reasonable Accommodation, your account will be locked and you will not be able to proceed with the examination until the request is processed.

Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.

Who Should Apply:

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

  • AIR RESOURCES TECHNICIAN II - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

    1513

For AIR RESOURCES TECHNICIAN II, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 9 months:

Exam Code(s):

  • EX-01513

How To Apply:

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

Special Testing Arrangements:

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

Minimum Qualifications

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

00103873 - AIR RESOURCES TECHNICIAN II

Either 1

One year of experience in the California state service performing the duties of an Air Resources Technician I, Range B.

Or 2

Experience: Three years of paraprofessional air pollution or vehicle emissions control experience.

Or 3

Education: Completion of three years of full-time college with course work in mathematics, physical and/or natural sciences; or trade school education in electronics, auto mechanics or related fields.

Position Description

00103873 - AIR RESOURCES TECHNICIAN II

This is the full journeyperson level. Incumbents are assigned the more complex and difficult paraprofessional air pollution and vehicle emissions control work.

Additional Desirable Qualifications

Completion of two years of college with course work emphasis in the physical or biological sciences.

For information regarding position location(s), please refer to the Eligible List Information section.

Examination Information

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This examination consists of the following component(s):

Component OrderComponent TypeComponent DuePercentage of Final Score
1CalHR Online ExamN/A100%

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of:

  1. Arithmetic, spelling, grammar and English composition
  2. Basic statistical and mathematical computational techniques
  3. Emmissions sources
  4. Air quality investigative techniques
  5. Ambient air monitoring, source testing and field sampling techniques
  6. Basic statistical and mathematical computational techniques
  7. Federal, State, and local air quality regulations
  8. Vehicular emissions control systems
  9. Air pollution control principles
Ability to:
  1. Learn rapidly
  2. Follow directions
  3. Communicate effectively and establish cooperative relations with other staff and those contacted in the work
  4. Acquire acceptable work habits such as punctuality, skill, neatness, and dependability
  5. Work safely
  6. Make satisfactory progress in a prescribed practical work-training program
  7. Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
  8. Speak and write effectively
  9. Gather, compute, and analyze scientific data
  10. Review, check, and interpret air quality data, regulations, and maintenance and monitoring plans

Eligible List Information

A Departmental Open eligible list for the AIR RESOURCES TECHNICIAN II Classification will be established for:

  • State Air Resources Board

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Resulting Eligibility List(s) will be used to fill vacancies throughout the State of California.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

  • A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
  • A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

Air Resources Technician II Training and Experience Examination Preview

Instructions:
Rate your experience in relation to specific statements.

Respond to each of the following statements by indicating how the statement applies to you. You are required to respond to every statement by marking one option from the scale(s) provided.

In responding to each statement, you pick the statement from the drop-down menu that applies to your level of competency.
  1. Inputting information into various databases and spreadsheets to store information for air quality programs.
  2. Researching information to learn, understand, and clarify information using various resources (e.g., internet, databases, and manuals).
  3. Communicating information regarding laws and regulations to enforce and implement air quality programs.
  4. Corresponding to responses to inquiries regarding air quality programs in person and by phone to convey information to the public using effective communication.
  5. Providing customer support regarding technical and compliance issues associated with air quality programs to solve inquiries.
  6. Formulating written responses to inquiries regarding air quality programs to convey information to the public.
  7. Attending informal and formal trainings in person and remote to increase job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities as needed.
  8. Providing clerical support (e.g., answering the telephone, making copies, filing documents, and updating procedures) to aid air quality programs.
  9. Processing applications and forms in a timely manner to ensure stakeholders follow air quality regulations.
  10. Cataloging hard copy and electronic files to maintain records following departmental policies.
  11. Collecting data using quantitative and qualitative methods to provide information.
  12. Preparing formal and/or informal documents (e.g., correspondence, technical support documents and memos, executive orders, letters of approval/disapproval).
  13. Maintaining reference materials used in program research to ensure records are intact.
  14. Performing analyses using spreadsheets and databases to make recommendations to management and lead staff based upon documented information and data.
  15. Performing routine calculations to ensure stakeholders follow air quality regulations.
  16. Assisting with the development of public outreach materials to provide information for audiences with varying levels of expertise using condensed, public friendly language.
  17. Using comprehensive knowledge regarding regulations and investigative processes to identify potential non-compliant emission sources.
  18. Compiling the sections of technical reports, correspondence, and documentation relating to air pollution to assist lead staff.
  19. Developing summaries of research findings to provide information to support decision making.
  20. Assisting with identification of stakeholders needing outreach and training materials to ensure compliance with air quality programs and regulations.
  21. Coordinating in person and virtual meeting logistics (e.g., schedule date and time, reserve equipment, reserve room, prepare meeting materials) to ensure program meetings run smoothly.
  22. Assisting with investigations by performing inspections, audits, or background checks to determine the appropriate courses of action.

Testing Departments

  • State Air Resources Board

Contact Information

Technical questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

California Department of Human Resources
CalCareer Service Center
1810 16th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
Phone: (866) 844-8671
CalCareer@calhr.ca.gov

Administrative questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

State Air Resources Board
1001 I Street, 20th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 322-4349

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Drug Free Statement

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free State work place. Any applicant for State employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective, because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing civil service, and the special trust placed in public servants.

General Information

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

State Air Resources Board reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.

Application Methods:
Electronic (Your CalCareer Account)